Species Regional Summary
Spirobranchus minutus
Northern Yucatan, Gulf of Mexico, Florida Straits, to Middle Eastern Florida ( CAR-I )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Records? Veracruz/Mexico/Gulf of Mexico (Rioja 1946, cited by Bastida-Zavala et al. 2017)

Geographic Extent

Corpus Christi/TX/Corpus Christi (2002, Bastida-Zavala et al. 2017, abundant, on SERC fouling plates); TX/Galveston Bay (2000, Bastida-Zavala et al. 2017, occasional on SERC fouling plates); Florida/Atlantic Ocean-Gulf of Mexico (Perkins 1998); Pensacola/Florida/Pensacola Bay (2002, Bastida-Zavala et al. 2017, abundant on SERC fouling plates); Cazones, Veracruz/Mexico/Gulf of Mexico (Rioja 1946, cited byBastida-Zavala and Salazar-Vallejo 2000b); Campeche Bank, Campeche/Mexico/Gulf of Mexico (Bastida-Zavala and Salazar-Vallejo 2000b)

Vectors

Level Vector
Alternate Hull Fouling
Alternate Ballast Water

Regional Impacts

References

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